English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

KitFox

4:03 PM

freaking dog commercial!

Matt E. Эллен

yeah. youtube loves to over play commercials, even more than regular TV

KitFox

@ABeautifulMind I wish more people understood that scene.

Or maybe didn't.

Because of what it means.

Or would mean.

Wow. I am a writer. Brilliant.

A Beautiful Mind

Brilliantesimo.

I am going to eat a cake now.

KitFox

Yum.

infinitesimal

What does or doesn't it mean?

terdon

4:07 PM

@MattE.Эллен Hmm, you might want to change your saddle then.

Sorry, cheap one, couldn't resist.

KitFox

@infinitesimal It's hard to explain unless you've had some kind of catharsis.

Matt E. Эллен

@terdon it's alright, I have a saddle cover :Þ

KitFox

But if you've been there, Matt Damon does just a brilliant job of demonstrating the fast cycle through it.

infinitesimal

Perhaps I'll watch the movie one day.

KitFox

It's a really incredibly powerful sensation to have that kind of sudden and almost catastrophic realization. It's a very quick change in your whole worldview and it's ... intense doesn't begin to describe it.

infinitesimal

4:10 PM

But it is just a dramatization

KitFox

No, it happens like that.

infinitesimal

For everybody?

KitFox

He denies it, shrugs it off, fights it, and then as soon as he dares to accept it, everything changes.

For catharsis, yes.

Basically.

Therapy doesn't always give you that.

I remember it very well. It was right up there with childbirth on the scale of life impact.

infinitesimal

Hard to believe it is true for every person.

KitFox

Like I said, it's hard to explain if you've never experienced it.

And probably not nearly every person needs catharsis.

I'm sure a lot of people are a lot more emotionally healthy and secure than I was.

And given that it's a release of emotional energy, it stands to reason that not everyone has energy that needs releasing.

Speaking of which, are you watching the Superbowl this weekend?

infinitesimal

4:15 PM

I'm not denying it. I'm just skeptical about the universality of any condition involving such a complex organ as the brain.

A Beautiful Mind

I don't watch sports.

These days, I watch almost zero TV. Just a movie or two on the weekends on TV.

Hanaa

@ABeautifulMind

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa Yes? Do you have something to tell me?

Hanaa

I think i had never experienced that tingling

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa What tingling? What are you referring to now?

Hanaa

4:19 PM

I always reply late sorry

A Beautiful Mind

:19787709 Oh, I thought you were referring to my favourite movie scene.

Hanaa

@ABeautifulMind this one

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa If I may ask, where are you from?

Hanaa

Algeria

A Beautiful Mind

OK. My location is a secret.

Hanaa

4:20 PM

How about u?

Why so?

A Beautiful Mind

But many people in this chat know it already.

@Hanaa Because of secret reasons.

What do you speak other than English?

Hanaa

No i don't accept this reason :D

My native language is a secret

A Beautiful Mind

I speak Chinese as well.

Hanaa

Nice

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa Why so?

Hanaa

4:23 PM

@ABeautifulMind Because of secret reasons

A Beautiful Mind

You have learnt well from me.

Mitch

I have secret reasons

Hanaa

You have learnt well from me. Who are u first? :D

Mitch

'A' speaks Antarctican

That's not a secret reason, just a secret

A Beautiful Mind

@Mitch When did I become A? LOL.

Hanaa

4:24 PM

@Mitch you did not reply to my enquiry!

Mitch

@ABeautifulMind which scene is that?

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa I am A Beautiful Mind.

Hanaa

ooook

Mitch

@ABeautifulMind Since my screen is too small to display your full name 'A Beautiful'.

A Beautiful Mind

@Mitch youtube.com/watch?v=GtkST5-ZFHw here.

Mitch

4:25 PM

@ABeautifulMind That's a lot of scenes.

KitFox

Obscene

A Beautiful Mind

I should change my name to A Dirty Mind, LOL.

infinitesimal

Please don't take any offense with my opinion @KitFox

A Beautiful Mind

@infinitesimal No worries.

KitFox

@infinitesimal Of course not.

I was punning on "scene".

Also, I'm drawing a couple of mockups right now, so distracted.

Hanaa

4:27 PM

@Mitch

Mitch

@ABeautifulMind Oh. I thought it would be 'how about them apples?'

A Beautiful Mind

@Mitch No, that scene does nothing.

Mitch

@KitFox better to be obscene than to be obheard

@ABeautifulMind how about the scene from a beautiful mind where Russell Crowe explains how to get a guaranteed date with one of the girls in the group. using game theory. wrongly I might add.

A Beautiful Mind

@Mitch Does nothing for me. I am most in need of my favourite scene only.

Mitch

Oh. I making fun because the alternative is depressing.

Also I no speak english goodly

Hanaa

4:31 PM

@ABeautifulMind

Mitch

@infinitesimal People have their own unique experiences. That no one can ever have. But there's a lot of similarity with a lot of other people. But it's really hard to tell.

Hanaa

@Mitch, it is well not goodly. Goodly does not exist in English

Well=goodly

A Beautiful Mind

@hanaa Do you know what a joke is?

Hanaa

yes

Something funny

A Beautiful Mind

So you should not explain that well=goodly.

infinitesimal

4:33 PM

Do you have any favorite scenes from your life @ABeautifulMind?

Hanaa

@ABeautifulMind

A Beautiful Mind

@infinitesimal I think that scene is still in the making.

Hanaa

What do u mean?

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa Mitch was making a joke about goodly, so you should not explain the joke.

Hanaa

hhhhhhhhhh

Sorry i did not know

Mitch

4:35 PM

@Hanaa tchrist was saying it is wrong to have a tag to a question actually be the answer to the question. Which I agree looks really weird (cart going before the horse and such). But I'm saying that it's OK. The OP doesn't know that that's the answer and someone prbably does still need to tag the question with the one word answer.

@Hanaa As 'A' just pointed out, I was making a joke by making fun of my own typo by making a terribly ungrammatical English sentence. This like.

Hanaa

I really don't understand

Mitch

@ABeautifulMind Jinx.

sort of. too late!

bad speak Englishen do I.

Hanaa

What is a TAG?

Mitch

Look underneath the Questions, you'll see a list of little boxes. They are called tags. You can click on them to get all questions with the same tag. They're sort of like keywords, or ways of categorizing the questions.

Hanaa

Yes i got it

infinitesimal

4:39 PM

My point is you are trying to find a scene rather than leaving the movie mind set @ABeautifulMind but that is your choice my friend.

Hanaa

BTW @ABeautifulMind what is the aim behind that video u have just sent?

A Beautiful Mind

@infinitesimal Well, movies help to inspire us, don't they? That is the purpose of art.

@Hanaa Well, you must watch the whole movie to understand.

infinitesimal

Some of "us"

Hanaa

I can't watch movies

I feel bored

Mitch

what about TV?

Hanaa

4:41 PM

I watch TV sometimes

A Beautiful Mind

@infinitesimal OK. Are you feeling better these days?

infinitesimal

No

A Beautiful Mind

@infinitesimal Is there anything I can do for you?

infinitesimal

Maybe after the Super Bowl.

Hanaa

There r bad words in that video. Why so?

A Beautiful Mind

4:43 PM

@Hanaa Why can't a movie have bad words?

Hanaa

I hate bad words

infinitesimal

Why?

A Beautiful Mind

OK, then don't watch it. The movie is full of bad words.

infinitesimal

They are just words

Hanaa

If they are allowed here, it is better to give my resignation

infinitesimal

4:45 PM

Bye.

A Beautiful Mind

OK, feel free to delete your account, bye.

Hanaa

i thought u will say sorry

At least bcz i'm a girl

KitFox

Yeah, no. We swear here.

Hanaa

but i'm astonished

KitFox

If your ears are delicate, you should probably go somewhere else.

A Beautiful Mind

4:46 PM

It's just a link to a movie clip with a bad word.

Hanaa

@ABeautifulMind look to their answers

they have broken my heart

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa Which answer?

KitFox

There are no bad words, just inappropriate contexts.

infinitesimal

Do you have a bf @Hanaa?

KitFox

Except moist. That's actually a bad word.

A Beautiful Mind

4:47 PM

What is going on? What are we referring to now? What bad word where?

KitFox

@infinitesimal That's not an appropriate question.

infinitesimal

She said her heart is broken @KitFox

KitFox

I understand, but even so.

Hanaa

What is bf?

A Beautiful Mind

Boyfriend

infinitesimal

4:49 PM

Nvm

KitFox

It's more appropriate to ask about her broken heart than to inquire after specifics of her relationship status.

Hanaa

Thx @KitFox

infinitesimal

Ok, ok sorry.

A Beautiful Mind

@KitFox Unless you are trying to make her Maria, LOL.

KitFox

Otherwise, it sounds like you're making a pass, which I know you aren't, but she might not know that. That's all. You're fine.

Hanaa

4:50 PM

Who is Maria?@ABeautifulMind

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa It is a secret.

KitFox

That's ABeautifulMind's broken heart...

I hope that wasn't the secret part.

infinitesimal

Leave the broken heart talk for the bf

Hanaa

No no no

A Beautiful Mind

@KitFox Talking about Maria, I just want to say I really like L, and I hope one day I find someone like her.

Hanaa

4:51 PM

Here i see expressions far of civilized people

KitFox

@infinitesimal Are you OK? I mean that really. You seem kind of, I dunno, subdued today.

Hanaa

bye

KitFox

Bye.

A Beautiful Mind

What is this bad word leading to bye thing? I still don't get it, LOL.

Hanaa

@ABeautifulMind

Not only bad words

but your ambiguous answers

infinitesimal

4:53 PM

See you later @Hanaa please accept my apology.

KitFox

We've been ambiguous?

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa There are bad words all over the world.

Hanaa

asking about boy friends

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa He was asking about your broken heart. He is not interested in you.

Hanaa

No problem @infinitesimal

infinitesimal

4:54 PM

:D

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa Answers here are not guaranteed to be right.

Hanaa

You look like adolescents maybe

A Beautiful Mind

Well, I am a very old man.

KitFox

Only to someone younger than us, I think.

Hanaa

I entered here to improve my English

not to play

infinitesimal

4:55 PM

@KitFox I always get this way before every Super Bowl since I can remember :(

KitFox

@infinitesimal Kind of keyed up?

Anxious?

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa Well, we chat about English and other things here. It's OK to play.

KitFox

But your team isn't in it. What's to feel tense about?

infinitesimal

Wired.

Hanaa

There is respectful playing

A Beautiful Mind

4:56 PM

@Hanaa I don't think anyone was rude to you.

KitFox

Everyone has different ideas about respect.

We're from diverse cultures here.

Hanaa

Ancle@ABeautifulMind

You answer by secret everytime

KitFox

So he doesn't want to share those things with you. Ask about something else then.

You should respect his boundaries.

Hanaa

Ok i'm muslim

A Beautiful Mind

Anyway @hanaa I think you should stay and see what this site and this chat has to offer you. You might like it one day.

@hanaa OK, but different Muslims also have different worldviews.

Hanaa

4:59 PM

I hope so @ABeautifulMind

Let's change the topic

infinitesimal

Hopefully your broken heart will fix itself.

KitFox

@Hanaa You know you're not the only one, right?

Hanaa

You fixed the problem when u appologized @infinitesimal

KitFox

So not the Superbowl and not personal information...how about the weather? We're supposed to get more snow tomorrow.

Another foot maybe.

Hanaa

@KitFox I'm not the only one of what?

KitFox

5:01 PM

@Hanaa Muslim.

It's a pretty diverse chat group.

Hanaa

Yes @KitFox

KitFox

I meant it when I said we're from many different cultures.

Hanaa

From what culture are u?@KitFox

KitFox

Northeast US region, known as "New England."

infinitesimal

A patriot.

Hanaa

5:04 PM

Nice!

KitFox

@infinitesimal By some standards. Also, a yankee, but not in the summer.

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa There are many Muslims in my country, and they are fine with swear words, for example.

infinitesimal

-_- @KitFox

Hanaa

@ABeautifulMind !

Which country?

KitFox

@infinitesimal :D

A Beautiful Mind

5:05 PM

@Hanaa Haha, that's a secret. But the point is that whether you are Muslim or non-Muslim, you may be fine or not fine with swear words.

Hanaa

Yes

infinitesimal

They are just words.

Hanaa

Fake muslims are fine with bad words

real ones are not

A Beautiful Mind

Sometimes, people say that because they are of a particular group, they are for or against something. Well, it's not exactly true. They just happen to belong to that group.

terdon

A lot of Christians have problems with swear words. In fact, I've met many Christians who do so and not a single Muslim who has any problems with swearing. On the other hand, I've met many more Christians than Muslims.

@Hanaa Now that is a very aggressive statement. How can you feel you have the right to decide who's a "real Muslim" and who is not?

Hanaa

5:07 PM

Yes @terdon

You r right

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa It's up to you to decide what is real and what is fake for yourself. But different people will decide differently.

terdon

Religion is a personal choice and each person approaches their religion in a different way.

Hanaa

You r right @terdon

infinitesimal

Words don't mean anything without context. @Hanaa

A Beautiful Mind

@hanaa Also, you don't need to agree with what we are saying. You should think for yourself and decide if you want to agree or disagree.

Hanaa

5:09 PM

But let's change the topic please

infinitesimal

We did.

Hanaa

I heard about a natural disaster there

in the USA

Last few days

terdon

Yeah, what's it like in your neck of the woods @Kit?

A Beautiful Mind

There are no disasters here of any kind. I live in a very very safe place.

Hanaa

It was an ice storm

A Beautiful Mind

5:12 PM

The 2004 tsunami killed 200,000 people in the surrounding countries but we were not affected.

infinitesimal

Always remember @Hanaa you can leave the keyboard

Hanaa

In the secret place , no Tsunami :D

A Beautiful Mind

Yes. I just call this secret place Antarctica for fun.

Hanaa

What do u mean Mr @infinitesimal?

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa He means that if you don't like the chat, you can not participate.

infinitesimal

5:14 PM

If you don't like what you are reading @Hanaa

Leave the keyboard

Simple.

Hanaa

SO POLITE THX

infinitesimal

:D

A Beautiful Mind

Erm, erm, I think you are taking things too seriously @han

Hanaa

Forgeeeeeeeeeeeet me guys! lo! i feel you are all against me

Just forget me. ok§

A Beautiful Mind

No, we are not.

infinitesimal

5:17 PM

I am on your side.

Hanaa

Thank u @infinitesimal

Because of the storm there in the USA

infinitesimal

You are most welcome @Hanaa

terdon

Any brits around?

Hanaa

Snow was very much here

A Beautiful Mind

There's no snow here.

Hanaa

5:19 PM

It reached 40cm

:O

WOW!!!

I only get snow in my dreams.

Hanaa

This picture was taken on Monday, in our campus

Last Monday

Really@ABeautifulMind?

Why?

infinitesimal

5:21 PM

How long did they close for @Hanaa

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa Some places just have no snow, lol.

terdon

@Hanaa Wow! Where is that? It must be very windy. Look at the snow collected against that pole!

Hanaa

Yes

In Algeria

in our university

terdon

Algeria? Seriously? Is it in the mountains?

infinitesimal

Did they close?

Hanaa

5:23 PM

@infinitesimal

Can u reformulate ur question?

user116848

Hi everyone!

Hanaa

I'm not a native speaker and i'm weak in informal English

Hi

infinitesimal

Did they have classes?

Hanaa

Specifically phrasal verbs

No we didn't have

terdon

@Hanaa He was asking if the university closed.

Hanaa

5:25 PM

fortunatly

infinitesimal

Hi pal @Farooq

user116848

@infinitesimal Hi!

terdon

But @Hanaa, that can't be common in Algeria right? Is your university in the mountains?

Hanaa

Yes, the university closed

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa What do you study in university?

Hanaa

5:26 PM

Not exactly in a mountain but in a hill

A Beautiful Mind

@Hanaa In a hell? LOL.

@Hanaa Heh, OK.

lo! sorry

School is hell?

Hill

5:27 PM

Hill? LOL.

Hanaa

Yes a hill

terdon

@Hanaa Ah, I see. It must be a high hill if you get snow like that. I know next to nothing about Algeria but since it's on the Mediterranean, I wouldn't expect to see a lot of snow there.

Hanaa

There is snow every year

There are cold places far from the cost like our city@terdon

infinitesimal

Cost?

Hanaa

Yes

terdon

5:29 PM

@infinitesimal Coast

Hanaa

Coast